Some of my relatives have ties with the Government, so they asked me about the situation BN is in. As usual, I told them the truth - that the BN machinery is wholly inadequate, mismanaged and unprepared for any public relations or psychological battle for perception online.
The main problem is this: before even thinking about engaging the Red Bean Army - whether it is real or not(I'll get to that later) - the BN people need to do a massive housecleaning.
The reason why BN was so exposed to attack before, during and after GE13 is due to their own incompetence. While Najib has perhaps instilled a gag order so we hear less of ministers making stupid and damning statements, BN has constantly shot themselves in the foot by not making clear their own stand on issues.
From the banal and unnecessary Alvivi, the security issue of nearly 50 fatal shootings, the socio-religious dog lady issue, and the worrying downgrade with Standard & Poor's Fitch Ratings have not seen any of the BN's 130++ strong Parliamentary representation make any sort of concerted response.
Granted, it was Raya season, but fuck you. Seriously. Just, fuck you. Ignoring things will never make them go away.
Surprisingly, this is the occasion when Government longhorns are expected to trump their more inexperienced Opposition members who know only one thing - condemn the Government for everything.
Anyway, another weakness is BN's cybertroopers who are so stupid, they did not realise that the label 'cybertrooper' is not good. It's like 'astroturfing' (a manufactured viral phenomenon that is not done by the grassroot, but rather by corporations looking to tap into the social graph), and is like saying "I'm a Government lapdog."
I had the opportunity to have been engaged by UMNO's Unit Media Baru. Their strategy goes like this:
1. Go on a personal attack
The first thing they do is to attack their targets on a personal basis. This would result in Internet sympathy and demonstrate that they are not there to address any important issue or clear any misinformation. It is purely egotistical and any non-monkeys would not fall for that.
Personal attacks can only work at the end of a debate/argument when the issue at hand can no longer be brought forward, or if they attack in large numbers. They did not. The second identity to attack me only made an appearance a couple of hours later. They should have blasted me with 15 of their bots at least.
This shows the BN cybertroopers have no sense of direction whatsoever and their claims to have been trained (made in public) is an extremely stupid revelation that strengthens public paranoia that they are being systematically lied to and manipulated by the authorities.
2. Try to get two or three of their targets to fight each other
Minutes after our encounter, the BN cybertrooper tried to get me to say bad things about KJ. I had no problem calling KJ names, and they soon paraded this fact to get KJ - their own perceived enemy - and myself to fight each other.
The idea is to get two enemies to destroy each other. You know who uses this tactic? Me. When I was five years old. In kindergarten. This is the current capability of BN cybertroopers - the mentality of retarded children fed thousands of dollars of stupid money.
3. Make wild assumptions
They then assumed that I was doing all that to take over the BN social media machinery. This is not true - my clients are corporations, not Governments.
They also assumed I was part of KJ's BNYV unit.
4. Rigidity
When I revealed and finally - after numerous tries - convinced them I was the wrong target, they then did a clumsy retreat by first declaring victory and then softening their stance.
This showcases the rigidity in their approach and tactics.
So we have politicians who are so afraid of their own bullshit, they forget to do their jobs, while their minions run around knocking over things.
The Red Bean Army could very well be just a Stand Alone Complex. Just a bunch of individual targets who act in a concerted effort or perhaps a few paid coalitions who then join forces with the same goal in mind - creating the illusion of a mass cyber army. Regardless of this, the BN machinery is so unprepared, stupid and delusional they couldn't even retreat properly let alone make any coherent point.
So I told my relatives who asked all about this. But really, I have one message for BN people:
Clean up your act.
If anything, I love the fact that we have a strong Opposition so the BN fuckers would not be so bold as to commit even worse acts of corruption. I do not have any evidence of any corruption or mismanagement, but this is the perceived notion and it is up to BN to clear this up.
Having Sharizat Jalil behind Najib on GE13 results night, for example, is not a wise move as she is still connected to the NFC scandal. And the NFC scandal demonstrated one of the worst PR management ever.
If Sharizat simply distanced herself from her family and said even though her husband and children are her flesh and blood, they would have to face the music if accountable for the accusations, it might not have been as bad. Furthermore, on the company car being parked at her house, she could have mentioned in court that a lot of other companies do that - keep their company cars on private property.
Instead, Sharizat cam off as standoffish in the papers about all these things.
Lynas was not handled properly, demonstrating one of the worst PR managements in the history of this country, allowing misinformation and lies to be spread by Fuziah Salleh and friends on a grand scale.
BN needs to clean up its act and get stronger. I want to see a Brock Lesnar vs CM Punk for GE14, not Andre the Giant vs Barry Horrowitz.
So when my relative asked me whether I want to join politics, I told him no way, jose.
I cannot lie, so I can never be an effective politician. And politicians, on ALL sides, are all liars. ALL of them. I do not trust any politician, whether they hold office or not.
